Nike Expects Its Sales to Shrink This Fiscal Year
Nike now forecasts a high-single-digit drop in revenue through May 2027 and has launched Pace, a restructuring it says will save $2.5 billion by fiscal 2031. First-quarter sales fell 4 percent to $11.2 billion.
Brands and Gear News
The Copenhagen Half Marathon Lottery Drew More Than 188,000 Entries for 2027
There are 45,000 places for the Sept. 19, 2027 race, which gives each applicant roughly a one-in-four chance, and the first names drawn will hear on Oct. 5.
Race Coverage
Lactate Is Not the Enemy (Or A Miracle Fuel)
Some supplements promise to lower your lactate and others promise to give you more of it. Here’s what the number on the meter really tells you, and what the evidence still needs to show.
Run Long Run Healthy
Are Super Shoes Hurting Runners? Two Elite Injuries Reopen the Debate.
Two of the world’s fastest marathoners were sidelined by injury. Researchers are split on whether their shoes played a part, and on what you should wear.
Running Features
Generali Replaces BMW as the Berlin Marathon’s Title Sponsor
The insurer’s name goes on the race from Sept. 26, 2027, closing a 16-year run under BMW in which six marathon world records were set on the Berlin course.
Race Coverage
Nike Unveils the Apex, a Zero-Drop Super Shoe Meant to Be an Adidas Pro Evo 3 Killer
The shoe stacks 40 mm of cushioning under both the heel and forefoot, and it drops just days after the Adidas Pro Evo 3 swept the podiums in Berlin.
Michael Doyle
The 2027 London Marathon Will Be Britain’s Trial for the World Championships and the Olympics
The first two British men and women home next April will be picked for Beijing if they hold a qualifying time, and each winner gets a provisional place for Los Angeles. Only one Briton has ever run faster than the men’s standard.
Elite Runners
The 2027 Berlin Marathon Lottery Is Now Open
Runners have until Nov. 12 to enter the draw for the Sept. 26, 2027 race, and those who get a place on Dec. 3 will pay €215 ($244).
Race Coverage
Shannon-Leigh Litt’s 1,000 Ultras Join the Longest-Running Streaks in the Record Books
From a 56-year daily-mile streak to 100 days of 100K, here is who holds every record for running the same distance every day.
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